Bill Text: CA AB1279 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Conservation Corps: contracts: community conservation corps.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2023. [AB1279 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1279-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 1279
CHAPTER 139
An act to amend Section 14318 of the Public Resources Code, relating to conservation.
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Approved by
Governor
September 01, 2023.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 01, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1279, Mike Fong.
California Conservation Corps: contracts: community conservation corps.
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, authorizes the corps to enter into a contract with an individual or collective of certified community conservation corps for a project or program that furthers certain purposes of the corps and consists of one or more specified types of projects, programs, or services, including natural resources and land management projects. Existing law requires the corps to file a report on the success of any such program or project with the Legislature, as provided, before January 1, 2023.
This bill would extend the authorization for the corps to enter into these contracts with certified community conservation corps indefinitely. The bill would require the corps, on or before January 1, 2025, January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2029, to
file a report with the appropriate committees of the Legislature on the outcomes of any program or project, as provided.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14318 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:14318.
(a) The corps may enter into a contract with an individual or collective of community conservation corps certified pursuant to Section 14507.5 for a project or program that is in furtherance of Section 14000 and that consists of one or more of the following:(1) Natural resources and land management projects.
(2) Energy and climate programs.
(3) Emergency response services.
(4) Educational, programming, and training services.
(5) Corpsmember services.
(6) Ancillary services.
(b) The director may establish guidelines for purposes of this section. If the director establishes guidelines for purposes of this section, a contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall adhere to those guidelines.
(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2025, January 1, 2027, and January 1, 2029, the corps shall file a report with the appropriate committees of the Legislature on the outcomes of any program or project undertaken pursuant to this section. A report filed pursuant to this subdivision shall focus on the previous two calendar years.
(2) The requirement to file a report pursuant to paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2033, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
